Fastening device



March 16 1926. 1,576,816

A. G. FELDMAN FASTENING DEVICE FLiled March 31, 19 22 Patented Mar. 16, 1926.

more stares ABRAHAM FE mvraN, or; omonoo, ILLINOIS.

FASTENING. DEVICE.

Application filed March 31, 1%22, Serial No. 54 8, 09;.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ABRAHAM G. FELD- MAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at, Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented new and iseful Improvements in Fastening Devices, of which the following is a specificatiQll.

' My invention relates to fastening devices for sliding side-cribs, bassinett'es "and the like, and particularly to those fasteners whioh a're adapted to automatically lock the sliding side in raised position upon, the side being moved thereto, and to hold the same in such raised position until it is, purposely released.

An important object of theinvention is to provide a fastening device of the, abovementioned character that will securely lock the sliding side in raisedfposition against accidental release by contactwith the person or clothes, or by the infant within the. crih tampering with the same. i

A further object of the invention is the provision, in connection with said fastening device, of a novel and impiioved guideway in which a sidewall is adapted to slide.

A still further object ofth'e invention is to furnish a fastening device of the aboveincntioned character which is simple in construction, highly efficient in use, and which may be manufactured at a relativelysmall cost.

lVith these and other objects in view, as will become more apparent as the description proceeds, the invention comprises a novel combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter described and claimed, and in order that the same. maybe better understood,-refercnc e is had to the accompanying drawing, forming a part of this specification.

l In. the drawing,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a portion of a. crib showing the application of-my invention to a corner post and slidingwall section thereof;

Fig. 2 is a side elevation, partly in section, and

Fig. 3 is a front elevation of aportion of a corner post showing my invention applied thereto;

Referring specifically to the drawing, wherein like characters of reference designate like parts throughout the. several views, nufineral 5 denotes a portion of a corner posti a Cri at as nd ra l-i 7 t e. p

rail of a sliding side 7. Fastened to the inner face of th'e corner post 5 is a channelled slideway 8 the inwardly directed flanges, 8; of which are cut away at their upper ends at 9 to make room for the short depending flange 10 ofa bracket member 11 vwhi cliis fastened in the slideway 8 by means screws. 12 wh i'ch extend through the rear wallgportion 13 of saidhraclret and the rear wall of said "slid'eway 8- intothe stoclrof eto ne 'BivotallyE-linng-from the. outer. face of the flarigeflO of bracketill, by means of a rivet 1i isadog 15. and a hook 16. The dog 15 has notch 17 in its: bottoni edge which normally rests above the slot of said guideway g, Leading downwardly and outward- 1y said notch 17, the dog 15 hasj an integral finger which terminates below the, bottom of' the hook 16. The outer edge of the bill of hook 16 ciirvesupwardly and foifwardly across both flanges 8? to present anupwardlycurved surface to the guidepin 20 sliding therebetween. This guide pin 20 hastwo spaced, disk enlargements 21 and 22, the first-mentioned being adapted to slide beneath, the flanges 8 of the giiidewaye while. the enlargement 22 extends outwardly far enough to clear the outer edge of the hook 16-. The guide pin 20 is carried by a bracket 23 secured to the top rail Tot the sliding side section 7 of the crib. The dog 15 also 'hasanintegral lever 24 above its pivot by which it may be lifted when desired. i

lflliiolriv the foifegoing description, read in connection with the accompanying drawing, the construction of my device will he apparent 'The operation will now be dotr s i Itiifill be understood that the right-hand corner post 5 of the crib (not shown) is also provided with a slidewav8 and a latch device similar to that shown on the left hand cornerpost 5 in the drawing, and that the right hand of the rail 7 will also carry a pin 20. Guide pins will also be carrie in. e en rp t o th s d g sid i f r asa ement l t e ide R ferr n to Fig. 3 of the drawing it will be seen that the guide pin 20 has been raised to a 'point just helow; the upwardly slanting bill 19 of the hook 16, and between said bill and the depending finger 18 of the dog'15. Upon raising of the. sliding side, 7-higher, the

anem a ptli ingu w rd y a fi th slanting surface of bill 19 will force the hook 1(5 backwardly and at the same time contact with the finger 18 to lift it forward- 1y. lVhen the pin 20 has passed the upper end of the bill 19 the hook 16 will be released to swing back to normal position to support the pin 20. If an attempt is made to raise the side 7 higher, the pin 20 will find itself prevented from further upward move ment by the notch 17 of dog 15. The finger 18 serves as a guide to direct the shank of pin 20 into the notch 17, and it also serves to balance the dog in such a manner as to maintain the notch 17 in position over the slot of the guideway 8. A further function of the finger 18 is to close the hook 16 when the pin is located therein. The side 7 being in raised position, the pin may be released from the latch by lifting the dog 15 by means of the lever 2 1 which is moved clockwise until the longitudinal edge of the finger 18 remote from the notch 17, rests against or in proximity to the inner surface of the pin 20, it being understood that the lever 24 is of such a length as to clear the upper portion of the pin 20 in the hook 16 at the lowest point of its arc. The side of the crib may now be raised sharply, causing the hook 16 and finger 18 to swing upwardly in a counter-clockwise direction free of the pin 20, whereupon a quick downward movement of the side will carry the pin 20 below the path of the bill 19 of the hook.

The latching device which consists of the members 15 and 16 and the supporting bracket 11 is located at the upper portion of the channeled guide member 8 and the connect ing portion 11 of the U-shaped bracket forms a closure for the upper end of the guide member. This is illustrated in Figs. 1 and Particular attention is directed to the fact that the notch 17 overhangs the pin 20 of the vertically movable side of the crib so that the dog must be swung around in a clockwise direction before the vertically movable side can be moved upwardly out of engagement with the bill 19 of the hook. Thus if it is desired to lower the vertically .movable side of the crib the operator will grasp the extension 24 and turn the same in a clockwise direction almost a complete turn. The side of the crib may now be moved upwardly so that the pin 20 is removed from engagement with the bill 19. hen this is done the side of the crib may be lowered.

The presence of the notch or stop '17 prevents what might be said to be the accidental elevation of the side of the crib by the occupant.

Fig. 2 illustrates that the outer depending branch 10 of the bracket is in the plane of and is adapted to rest on the inwardly directed flanges 8? so that the weight of the vertically movable side of the crib is transiuitted directly to the inwardly directed flanges. This prevents the bracket from being distorted as a result of continuous use and also allows the bracket to be of a comparatively light metal.

In accordance with the patent statutes I have shown my invention embodied in concrete form and as operating in a specified manner, but it should be understood that I do not limit myself thereto, since various modifications thereof will suggest themselves to those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit of my invention, the scope of which is set forth in the annexed claims.

I claim,

1. The combination with a crib having a vertically movable side and a guide member to receive a terminal portion of the vertically movable side, of a latching device carried by said guide member and consisting of a pivoted hook and a pivoted dog having a depending finger, said dog being provided with a stop overhanging said terminal portion of the side to limit accidental elevation of the side, and provided at the upper end thereof with an extension located at a point spaced from said hook and said depending finger whereby the operator may conveniently swing the dog on its pivot, said finger constituting a means to hold the stop in position over the terminal portion of the vertically movable side.

2. The combination with a crib having a frame, a sliding side, and guides associated with said frame for guiding said sliding side; of a latching device for automatically engaging with a portion of said sliding side and maintaining said side in elevated position, said latching device comprising a support, a hook pivotally depending from said support and having a shank provided with an outwardly cammed edge by which upward movement of the sliding side from latched position will swing said hook to releasing position, and a dog depending from said support and pivotally secured thereto in axial alinement with said hook above the holding portion thereof forlimiting the up ward movement of said sliding side until said dog is manually released.

3. The combination with a crib having a frame, a sliding side, and a guide for said side, of a latching device for engaging a portion of said sliding side and maintaining the sliding side in elevated position, said latching device comprising a support, a hook carried by said support and having a shank provided with a cam edge by which upward movement of the sliding side from latched position will swing said hook to releasing position, and a dog carried by said support and having a depending finger to extend across a portion of the hook, said dog being adapted to engage a portion of said sliding sideto limit elevation of the sliding side.

a, A latch for cribs comprising a bracket,

a hook pivoted to said bracket and having a bill for engagement with a movable side of the crib, and a dog pivoted to said bracket and having a notch overhanging the movable side of said crib to receive the same and thereby limit the elevation of the movable side until the dog is manually swung to inogerative position.

5. A latch for cribs comprising a bracket, a hook pivoted to said bracket and having a bill for engagement with a movable side of the crib, and a dog pivoted to said brackct and having a notch overhanging the movable side of said crib'to receive the same and thereby limit the elevation of the movable side until the dog is manually swung to inoperative position, said dog being provided with a depending linger to close said bill.

6. In a crib, the combination of a guide member, of a bracket having an attaching portion secured within the guide member and having an outer branch, said guide member being provided with flanges directly beneath and adapted to be engaged by the outer branch of said bracket, and a latching de vice carried by the outer branch of said bracket and. adapted for engaging a vertically movable side of a crib.

7. In a crib, the combination with a guide member having a channel and inwardly directed flanges, of a bracket having an inner attaching portion secured flatly in contact with the inner wall of said channel and having an outer branch directly in line with and close to said flanges, and means carried by said outer branch to engage a vertically movable side of the crib, said bracket being provided with means to close the upper end of said channel.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

ABRAHAM G. FELDMAN. 

